Gugum Gumpita Rahayu is a graphic designer based in Bandung, Indonesia, b. 1991. In 2013, he set up Absolut Foundry.

Creator of the rounded sans typeface Tracks Type (2013, free at Fontfabric). Yuma is a free tweetware alchemic typeface. It is based on navajo patterns. Kurve (2013) is a sans headline typeface. Biere (2013) is a modular display typeface. Mojave (2013) is an all caps sans typeface.

In 2013, he created Rocca, which is modeled after spurred wood type display styles from the Victorian era. Warenhuis de Vries is inspired by the signage on a 19th century colonial Dutch heritage building---the De Vries building, which today houses the OCBC NISP Bank---in Bandung, Indonesia. This font was renamed Oud Warenhuis (2013). Dutch colonial tropical architecture in Bandung led to the art deco typeface Bandoengsche (2013). Buy it here. Companion League (2013) is an octagonal Latin / Cyrillic signage typeface. Driekleur (2013) is pure Dutch colonial deco based on signage in a 1930s building (called De Driekleur) in Bandung built by Dutch architect A.F. Aalbers. March (2013) is a display family that includes beveled and inline styles.

Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer. Creaor of the ethnic typeface Kutai (2014), named after a region in Borneo. Adela writes: Kutai is a traditional name from a region in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, with the Dayak tribe. Among all of the visual styles that this tribe and region has---including ethnic and tribal ornaments and shields---this typeface incorporates and simplifies those elements into one unity. [Google]
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Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of Okinami (2014), a remarkable all caps typeface that emulates the famous ukiyoe painting of Katsuhiko Hokusai entitled The Great Wave off Kanagawa. [Google]
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Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the ornamental caps typeface Akkala Passura (2013), which is based on Toraja wood carving. In 2014 she created other display typefaces that were inspired by the cultural heritage of the Sundanese: Aksara Kujang, Aksara SundaA Merak Ngibing, Mega Mendung, and Huruf Kuping (based on the vernacular lettering of Abah Garut). [Google]
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Designer of the hand-crafted typeface Egocentric (2014) and the curly connected script typeface Esmeralda (2015). His company is called Incools Design Studio and is located in Aceh, Indonesia. [Google]
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Graphic designer in Jakarta. He added Indonesian fingernail endings to Times New Roman to obtain Times New Java (2011). In 2014, he created the techno typefaces Lingkar, Evog Sans and Gothex. Behance link. [Google]
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Indonesian type designer who created the commercial cursive script typeface Nevatu in 2013. This can be bought at Graphic River, where she is known as Graphic Identity, and at Creative Market. Audee lives in Surabaya.

Indonesian designer in Bandung (b. 1991) who created the Indonesian-themed ornamental faces Seselendangan (2010) and Loveleaves (2010). In 2012, he added Absurd Sans, a typeface with missing pieces. In 2014, he designed the spurred Western typeface Texas Troupe. Raw District and Crissco (a dot matrix typeface) followed in 2015.

Here we find KwTimesNewRomanBoldItalic, KwTimesNewRomanBold, KwTimesNewRomanItalic, KwTimesNewRoman, Bali-Simbar-B. The latter is for the Balinese script, and was designed by Yayasan Bali Simbar in 1999. [Google]
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Designer of the display typeface Franklin Goes to Java (2013). This typeface mixes Javanese symbolism into Franklin Gothic. He also designed Indonesia License Plate (2013), which was traced from real Indonesian license plates. Living Free (2014) is a hand-drawn typeface. [Google]
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"The Buhid or Mangyan alphabet is thought to have descended from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra, which in turn descended from the Pallava script, one of the southern Indian scripts derived from Brahmi. The Buhid alphabet is still used in the Philipines by the Buhid people of Mindoro." This syllabic alphabet is used to write Tagalog, the national language of the Philipines which is spoken by about 10.5 million people. [Google]
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Designer of the Fingerprint (experimental) typeface (2010) for an anti-war poster. She grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is a 2010 graduate in graphic design at the Ontario College of Art&Design, Toronto. [Google]
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Lecturer at Pelita Harapan University (Lippo Village) and Universitas Multimedia Nusantara (Gading Serpong) in Indonesia. He is also part of Lytoshop, which is located in Jakarta. Behance link. Creator of the humanist sans family Nadea (2011) and of the related slab typeface Habanera (2011). [Google]
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Communication&Multimedia Design at the NHL University in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Indonesian creator of beautiful lettering in his Maluku poster (2011). Maluku is the local word for Moluccan, referring to the island group situated between Celebes, the Phillippines, New Guinea and Timor. It is part of Indonesia.

Decade Typefoundry (Bandung, Indonesia, est. 2008) is run by Agung Maskund or Agung Gumilang Sugih, b. 1987, Bandung. It specializes in Victorian and vintage type. Creator of Authentic Labels (2013), New Black (2012, a metal band typeface) and Chicano Brush (2012, graffiti face). Note: It is possible that Chicano Brush was made by Gilang Purnama.

In 2012, he made Munir (scanbat font with images of Munir Said Thalib, 1965-2004, one of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activists who was poisoned by an Indonesian government airline agent with arsenic on a flight to Amsterdam), Papan Kita (dingbats of Asian buildings), Sepeda (bicycle dingbats), Volkswagen (dingbats), Perangko Wayang, (shadow puppets) and Senyum (facial dingbats).

Graphic designer in Bandung, Indonesia. Creator of the beautiful logo typeface Mametosca 026 (2014). Mametosca 026 is an experimental caps only font family of Hefenstrasse Lab. It is free for personal use. In 2015, he made the rounded bilined paperclip typeface Synthosca026.

Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the Moluccas typeface in 2014. Moluccas is an adaptation of Broadway that adds Indonesian ornamental elements that could be confused with Mexican decorative pieces. [Google]
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Student of visual communication design in Binus University, Jakarta. Designer of Parangkerthagama (2012), an organic sans serif of Southeastern Asian heritage that was inspired by the ancient script in Negarakertagama, a book of the Majapahit Empire, that ruled much of Southeast Asia from its base in Java. [Parang is a Javanese knife.] [Google]
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During her studies in Jakarta, Indonesia, Gabriela E. Tanizaal created the curly typeface Lentiq (2014), which is inspired by a traditional ceremonial coat from Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. [Google]
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Jason Glavy, who lives in Yokohama, runs Glavy Fonts. He has created some free fonts: JGLepcha (2001, a West-African language font), JG Chantabouli and JG Sasettha (cleaned up and extended unicode vesions of Sasettha and Chantabouli fonts created by John Durdin), JGAksaraBali, JGBasicLao, JGChamVer2, JGChamCambodia, JGChamVN, JGChantabouliLao, JGHurufJawaSanskrit, JGLaoOldArial, JGLaoOldface, JGLaoTimes, JGSoyombo (Tibetan), WL-LatinIPATimes. He used to have a bunch of Japanese fonts on his web site, including his Jindaimoji series. He also created three fonts for Makassarese/Buginese. At some point, he was associated with Saronix Japan. His Hmong page had JGCwjmemFinalVersion, JGCwjmemSecondVersion, JGCwjmemThirdVersion, JGNaadaasFinalVersion, JGNaadaasSecondVersion, JGNaadaasThirdVersion, JGPahawhFinalVersion, JGPahawhSecondVersion, JGPahawhSourceVersion, JGPahawhThirdVersion, JGPuajTxwm, all made in 2002: of these, the Pahawh series is original, while Cwjmem and Naadaas are improvements of other fonts. West African fonts designed by him: JGBassaVahHandwriting, JGBassaVahPrint, JGBete, JGKpelleA, JGKpelleB, JGNKo, JGVaiA, JGVaiB, JGVaiC. These fonts are well researched, and are based on drawings and findings by Dalby, Dr. Welmer, and Jensen. Some of Glavy's fonts for other languages: JGBasicLao, JGChamCambodia (1998), JGChamVN (1998), JGChantabouliLao, JGHurufJawaSanskrit (2001), JGLaoOldArial, JGLaoOldface, JGLaoTimes, JG Lepcha (2001), JGSoyomb (2001). [Google]
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Dede Mulyadi (b. 1990) is based in Bandung, Indonesia, where he established Harder Type Foundry. He created the Victorian typefaces Golden (2014), Qwerly (2014) and Bandung Pride (2014), and the vintage signage fonts Anastasia (2014) and Billfont (2014).

Illustrator in Bandung, Indonesia, who designed a beautiful ornamental caps typeface along the theme of Balinese culture, calledBalineseDeva (2011). Balinese mythology includes creatures such as such as Barong (the king of spirits), Jatayu (the bird in ramayana), Hanoman (the white monkey), and Rangda (the demon queen). [Google]
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Located in Makassar, Indonesia, Hasrullah Design created the vintage (hipster) overlay typeface family Retro Pop and the retro signage typeface Scripter in 2014. These typefaces can be bought via Creative Market and Graphic River. [Google]
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Hendra Permana (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) created the free rune simulation typeface Bambu Runcing Font in 2014. As it turns out, runes were not the source of inspiration, but rather Japanese mecha movies. Behance link. Dafont link. Home page. [Google]
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During his studies in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2015, Henry Setiawan created an alchemic typeface that is based on a Myriad pro skeleton. His hipster typeface Lamoire (2015) uses Futura as a basis. [Google]
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Student in Bandung, Indonesia, in 2013. Creator of the Latin tattoo typeface Quallamontan (2013). Howl 13 writes: Quallamontan is a typeface inspired by tattoo Kayan Aso, Dayak Kalimantan ,which combined with Cochin as base type. Combination between Kayan Aso and Cochin make this typeface looks elegant yet tribal. The name Quallamontan taken from the other name of Kalimantan. Kayan Aso is a tattoo from Kayan Dayak Tribe that respresent a dragon dog. [Google]
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Jo de Baerdemaker's talk at ATypI 2010 in Dublin had this summary: Jo De Baerdemaeker discusses how the Javanese writing system, the indigenous script of pre-colonial Indonesia, was adapted to print. He focuses on the Javanese typefaces that were manufactured in The Netherlands in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The cutting of the first Javanese fount, which was undertaken at Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem, coincided with the founding of the first printing house in Jakarta (then known as Batavia, capital of Dutch India). Less than a century later, Lettergieterij Amsterdam developed a new, simplified, Javanese fount, amongst other styles and weights. The Javanese founts of both the Dutch typefoundries were internationally well received and were distributed to polyglot printing houses throughout Europe. [Google]
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Freelance graphic designer in Surabaya, Indonesia. Creator of Chomsky (2009, T-26), which was inspired by the lettering on the Beastie Boys album Hello Nasty. Home page at Merdeka Ataoe Mati Design. [Google]
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Designer in Surabaya, Indonesia, who made Triangle (2012), a thin purely geometric typeface, and Javanese Font (2012, a typeface inspired by a traditional Javanese font called Aksara Jawa or Hanacaraka).

Commercial typeface foundry in Jakarta, Indonesia. Its first typeface is Muffler (2014), which is inspired by retro brush signage for car races. Lacydes (2014) is a spurred advertizing typeface. Upjohn (2014) is a horror movie poster typeface. Curely (2014) is a free hand-drawn curly typeface. Hemera (2014) is based on vintage matchbox packages.

Omniglot's page on the Lontara and Makasar alphabets. I quote: The Lontara and Makasar scripts are descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India. The name lontara derives from the Malay word for the palmyra palm, lontar, the leaves of which are the traditional material for manuscripts in India, South East Asia and Indonesia. It is used to write Buginese, Makasar and Mandar, Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. [Google]
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Based in Indonesia (b. 1978), this graphic designer, type designer and illustrator owns and operates his own company, Mendiola Design & Associates. Mendiola is a lecturer in design at Bina Nusantara University in Jakarta and is a founding member of the Indonesian Graphic Design Forum (FDGI). He is affiliated as a type designer with The Australian Type Foundry. [Google]
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Based in Pematangsiantar, Indonesia, and/or Singapore, Michelle designed the Angku display typeface during her graphic design studies in 2013. In 2014, she made the avant garde sans typeface De Arch. [Google]
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Typefaces in the New Fonts collection are derived from a rich variety of sources - from 15th century Spain to 21st century Sumatra. The Sumatran Series of fonts is inspired by hand-painted letterforms from commercial signage in the tiny village of Tuk Tuk on the island of Samosir in Northern Sumatra. The series consists of six faces: Batak, Nani, Tuk Tuk, Samosir, Melaka, and Huta Bolon.

Bandung and Jakarta-based artist. She created the beautiful nude female figure alphabet Fatal Femme (sic) in 2011. Each glyph has a different character taken from Indonesian mythology. Devian Tart link. [Google]
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Rainer Erich (Eric) Scheichelbauer was born in Vienna and designs typefaces, works for other type designers, teaches type design and typography at a graphic art school, gives type design workshops, writes articles for a design magazine, writes Python scripts, translates Dutch books on typography into German and writes the Glyphsapp.com blog and the Glyphs handbook. Eric recently completed both a philosophy and a Dutch studies degree at the University of Vienna. He shares his time between Vienna and Rotterdam.

At ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, he has two presentations. In the first one, he talks about the Mongolian and Balinese scripts, and showcases the first opentype Balinese typeface. His second talk deals with the modern type design work flow (joint presentation with Georg Seifert).

Jakarta, Indonesia-based desiner of the rhombic / hexagonal typeface Navajo (2014). This was developed while she was studying at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology in Malaysia. [Google]
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Upon closer inspection, one notices that most fonts were ripped off from others---even the copyright info has not been changed. Examples: AC meme_troll is Kimberly Geswein's "Set Fire to the Rain". AC Rilakkuma Chicken is GF_CutePero (by KyungBea Lee, Goodfont Inc). Other fonts are copied from C. Larsen, Lauren Thompson and Brittney Murphy.

During his graphic design studies in Jakarta, Ritter Willy Putra created the Mentawaian tattoo typeface Sipatiti (2013). It is based on tattoos used by the Mentawai tribe in Sumatera Barat, Indonesia. Sipatiti is the Mentawai name for tattoo (titi) artists.

Graphic Design student in the Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. During his studies, Riva designed the ornamental caps typeface Archipelago Old Face (2012). [Google]
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Palakkad, Kerala-based computer scientist. He is responsible for Autonym Font (2013). He explains: A font that can render all language autonyms. If we want to show a large number of languages written in their own scripts (autonyms), we cannot apply the usual webfonts to it. This is because when each script requires a webfont, we will end up using a large number of webfonts. This can cause large bandwidth usage. An example of this use case is a language selector on a website. Autonym font tries to solve this. The font contains glyphs and opentype rules for rendering the language autonyms. And it contains only those glyphs for a language. The glyphs for the font are taken from a large number of free licensed fonts.

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of Wayang Rumput (2013), an ornamental caps typeface that is based on dry grass shadow puppets in Wayang Rumput, a Sundanese culture. This was done during studies at Bandung Institute of Technology. [Google]
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South East Asian TrueType font archive, with Thai, Burmese, Buginese, and Vietnamese fonts, for example. At the site of Dr. Vincent Houben, University of Passau in Germany. Can't locate the archive any more! [Google]
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Troy Leinster is a graphic designer from Brisbane, Australia, who is based in Amsterdam. Before studying TypeMedia at KABK (class of 2013), Troy attended the type design unit at Monash University in Melbourne, and is a graduate of Type@Cooper at The Cooper Union in New York City.

His graduation typeface at KABK was Brisbane (2013): Brisbane is a relaxed, self-assured sans serif designed specifically for pedestrian wayfinding in the city of Brisbane, Australia. The family has a range of three weights in five styles plus accompanying optical grades for inverted use. This makes Brisbane a solid candidate for orientation systems in the city or suburb.. This typeface has oomph and character, and should prove a sturdy and fun typeface for any city that uses it.

For his revival project at KABK, he chose Nieuw Javaansch No.1 (2012). Nieuw Javaansch No.1 was the first text typeface designed by S.H. de Roos in 1909 while working at Lettergieterij Amsterdam (formerly known as N. Tetterode). It is a Javanese script.

Auckland, New Zealand-based creator of the free font Surak Batak. Kozok writes: The Batak alphabet, or surat batak, is descended ultimately from the from Brahmi script of ancient India by way of the Pallava and Old Kawi scripts. The Batak languages of northern Sumatra - Karo Batak, Toba Batak, Dairi Batak, Simalungun/Timur, Angkola and Mandailing Batak, and occasionally Malay. In most Batak communities, only the datu (priests) are able to read and write the Batak alphabet and they use it mainly for calendars and magical texts.This site has truetype fonts by Kozok for the Battak script: KaroNormal, MandailingNormal, PakpakNormal, SimalungunNormal, TobaNormal, VariantsNormal. Uli Kozok is Assistant Professor in Indonesian, Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. [Google]
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Viananda Andrias (Bandung, Indonesia) designed the Garutan Adiwijaya typeface in 2012. This type was based on patterns found in traditional garments (batik) from Garut, Indonesia. He also made the floriated typeface Rivaurum (2012). [Google]
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Vicky Mardian (VMF Fonts) is the Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1988) of the pirate ship and/or tattoo font Nina Script (2012). The Pro version of this font can be bought at MyFonts. Lina Script Pro (2012), which was done with Mans Grebäck, looks awfully similar, so perhaps Vicky was forced to change the name by outside forces. Mardian (2012, with Mans Grebäck) and Brother Tattoo (2012, at Mans Grebäck) are more calligraphic tattoo fonts by her.

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the ornamental caps typeface Relics of Sailendra (2012). This typeface is a modification of Baskerville Old Style, with the flesh of the glyphs replaced by elements that are based on decorations found on some temples of the Sailendra dynasty. [Google]
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